Dr. Anna Latour<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@ColinTheMathmo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ColinTheMathmo</span></a></span> In 1950, the ballet/pantomime "Isotopia" was performed. It was a creation by Muriel Howarth, apparently a radioactivity enthusiast. It featured people portraying protons, neutrons, electrons and a Geiger counter. Apparently, this is what Time magazine wrote about it:</p><p>“13 bosomy A.E. Associates in flowing evening gowns gyrated gracefully about a stage in earnest imitation of atomic forces at work. An ample electron in black lace wound her way around two matrons labeled ‘proton’ and ‘neutron’ while an elderly ginger-haired Geiger counter clicked out their radioactive effect on a pretty girl named Agriculture. At a climactic moment, a Mrs. Monica Davial raced across the stage in spirited representation of a rat eating radioactive cheese.”</p><p>Sources: </p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/no-such-thing-as-a-human-sized-peanut/id840986946?i=1000648219179" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/</span><span class="invisible">no-such-thing-as-a-human-sized-peanut/id840986946?i=1000648219179</span></a></p><p>and </p><p><a href="https://devilofhistory.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/midnight-in-the-gardens-of-gamma-radiation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">devilofhistory.wordpress.com/2</span><span class="invisible">015/04/28/midnight-in-the-gardens-of-gamma-radiation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ballet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballet</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theater</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/radioactivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioactivity</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/NoSuchThingAsAFish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoSuchThingAsAFish</span></a></p>